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Re:Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered... by dreen on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @06:48AM (#32080959)
In Rome there were two periods when the title of Dictator was used. First during the Republic where it indeed was a temporary role with limitations, then resurrected during the Empire as title only to justify authoritarianism.
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Re:Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered... by philistine on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @08:02AM (#32081486)
You’re not right. What Rome called a dictator is not the modern definition of the term. An elected autocrat can have similarities to a dictator, but they aren’t one. Unless they rig the elections!
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Re:Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered... by acoard on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @11:20AM (#32083922)
You're arguing against something that wasn't said. They said the "title of Dictator" was used, and that is correct, it was used in Roman history as they said.

The Roman title of Dictator is different from a modern day dictator, agreed — but if you read carefully no-one argued otherwise. The Roman title of Dictator more aligns with the modern concept of "emergency powers."

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